Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring the N8000
Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring the N8000
Preparing for Install
This chapter provides step-by-step guidance for installing and configuring equipment from the N-Series product family on your
network. The steps provided here assume the following to be true:
1. There are switches operational on the network.
N-Series equipment can operate on many different brands of networking equipment. The network itself needs to meet certain
requirements to be able to support deployment. These instructions assume that you have purchased and installed a pre-
configured switch from AMX or that your existing equipment meets the following physical and protocol requirements:
• Layer 2 via IGMP and Layer 3 through PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast)
•Gigabit Ethernet
• IGMP Snooping
• IGMP Snooping Querier
NOTE: To proceed with this installation, the switches must already be successfully connected to your network. If needed, refer to your
product’s documentation for installation instructions.
2. Deployment considerations have been made for the addition of high-speed video.
Our Networked AV solutions provide unsurpassed video and audio quality at bandwidths appropriate to any network segment
or link. Matrix switches as large as 1200x800 have been constructed on a house network using N-Series equipment.
Alternatively, many customers choose to deploy on physically separate networks in order to use low-cost network appliances
but keep video traffic separate from data and voice.
NOTE: For a more detailed requirements list, refer to
Appendix C: Minimum Network Requirements on page 55.
NOTE: N-Able and N-Command products include software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://
www.openssl.org/).
Step 1: Connecting the N8000 to the Network
The SC-N8001 only requires the included power adapter and a single network connection (to the LAN port) to allow up to five users
to simultaneously configure, set-up, and control as many as 50 Networked AV devices. The SC-N8002 and SC-N8012 require a
network connection to the Eth 1 port in order to control unlimited devices with unlimited users. Eth 0 is used for separate corporate
LAN. See Figure 4
for an example showing the N8002.
FIG. 4
CONNECTING N8002 TO THE NETWORK
NOTE: On the N8002 and N8012, there are two Ethernet ports (ETH 0 and ETH 1). ETH 0 (on the left) is used for an optional
connection to a separate corporate LAN. ETH 1 (on the right) must be connected to the network to provide device and user control.
Step 1: Using Cat-5 cable,
connect the N8002’s RJ-45
ETH 1 port (the right-most
port) to the Network Switch.
Step 2: Using the external power
supply provided in shipment,
connect the unit to power source.
Step 3: Toggle switch
to the on position.
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